I eased past the first two chapters to find myself stuck at the third. I understand that in law language used can be changed, or re-defined to suit a specific piece of legislation or court ruling. They could make; black mean white, red mean blue and so on. The principle of a substitute of phraseology.
But it was at page twenty four of Veronica’s book which I cannot get past.
i'm reliably informed that if you look up 'Human Being' the 4th Edition of Black's Law Dictionary, it says: "See 'monster'
Now, I am scrolling through Black’s Law Dictionary 4th Edition and I can’t for the life of me find what the author is referring to, I am clueless to the authors source because there is none. The “see monster” is rather confusing. Am I just being really stupid here and completely missing the reference and authors meaning.
Also,
Question: Is the definition of Legalese essentially the same as a substitute of phraseology?
Just some random link i found with Veronicas book in PDF format
http://www.yourstrawman.com/VeronicaChapman.pdf